ZomboCom stolen by a hacker, sold, now replaced with AI-generated makeover(old.reddit.com)
54 pointsby bananaboy4 hours ago12 comments
  • shagie2 hours ago
    The last week of January, the site was intermittently serving back a 429 response (too many requests) as recorded by the wayback machine. https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/Zombo.com

    In the first week of February, the site was down.

    On the 8th, it was serving an error page from centos.

    On the 9th, it was serving the new content. https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup for zombo.com shows that it was updated on 2026-02-09 20:34:17 UTC

    I believe that a more reasonable explanation would be that the domain name expired, someone saw that being the case, bought the domain name and hosted their own version of it.

    I'm not sure that "stolen" is the proper verb to use, or that "hacker" is the appropriate attribution.

    • bananaboy2 hours ago
      Thank you for the explanation!
  • paularmstrong3 hours ago
    html5 zombocom still exists, for your viewing pleasure. you can do anything at zombocom. anything at all. the only limit is yourself.

    [1]: https://html5zombo.com/

  • tengbretson3 hours ago
    I knew anything was possible at ZomboCom, but damn. I never expected this. Guess that's ZomboCom for ya.
    • samplatt2 hours ago
      I didn't think I'd be the first person in this (or the reddit) thread to call this new site ZombieCom, but not gonna lie I'm pretty happy about it.
  • tombertan hour ago
    I never imagined this happening. I guess the limitation really was my mind.
  • OuterVale7 minutes ago
    That's a shame. Now I can't do anything at ZomboCom.
  • 2 hours ago
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  • TurdF3rguson3 hours ago
    How does a hacker steal a website? So many questions.
    • silisili2 hours ago
      You steal the domain name, not the website so to speak. Which would mean someone got their registrar credentials most likely.
      • TurdF3rguson2 hours ago
        And transferred it away? Registrars make it really hard to do that if you're not the actual person. I'm finding it hard to believe someone can do this anonymously.
        • iwontberude2 hours ago
          Yeah that’s because it’s not what happened. It’s a common expiration snipe.
          • TurdF3rgusonan hour ago
            That's neither hacking nor stealing
          • rezonantan hour ago
            Except the domain did not expire, if you check WHOIS.
    • RevEngan hour ago
      Registration expires, someone snaps it up immediately. It happened to a customer of mine with a domain that was their name. It pointed at a page saying it was available for sale for $4000.
  • callbacked2 hours ago
    if there is any consolation, this is still up

    https://github.com/Jonty/zombocom/

    https://welcometozombo.com

  • fred_is_fred3 hours ago
    The thread is lacking any detail on how the site was stolen and sold. Perhaps the "OG owner" as the poster calls it sold it for money?
  • mattoxic2 hours ago
    Another little corner of the internet is gone.

    Had to check... but this is still here https://dack.com/web/bullshit.html

  • spullara3 hours ago
    shoot i show that to people every once in a while
  • ParadisoShlee2 hours ago
    This is a real shame and I hope the original owners get it back... but that ai slop song is actually a banger